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“Invite him,” I said, pointing to the phone.

“Are you sure?” Lacy mouthed, as she looked at me. Nodding my head, I assured her it was fine with me.

By the time we finished our appetizers, Drake and Axel walked through the restaurant doors. My heart stopped when I saw Axel, his eyes instantly finding mine.

I smiled, and then looked at Lacy who only shrugged and gave me her infamous evil grin, telling me she knew all along he was coming, too.

When the guys began approaching the table, I saw Drake was carrying a suitcase.

“What is this?” I asked, peeking around him.

Grabbing Lacy out of her seat, Drake kissed her with so much passion I was sure everyone in the room could feel it. “I am taking my beautiful girl away for the weekend,” he said.

“Are you serious?” Lacy screamed, jumping up and down.

I laughed watching them.

“Yes, now we need to go. We will take your car,” Drake said.

“How long has this been planned?” Lacy asked, narrowing her eyes at Darke. I could see she was excited beyond measure.

“A while,” Drake teased. “Come on, Axel gave me a ride here. That’s why I told you to drive your car tonight,” Drake finished.

“You told me to bring it to the shop later for an oil change,” Lacy gasped. “You are so naughty,” she laughed.

“You have no idea just how naughty I am, but you will find out this weekend,” Drake said, kissing Lacy and then pulling her away from the table. We all said goodbye as Lacy waved goodbye.

“Looks like it’s just you and me,” Axel said, raising his brows and licking his lips.

Ugh, the things that man could do to me.

“What do you have planned?” I asked, trying to hide my blushing cheeks.

“I need to finish up some stuff at the shop then I thought we could just find something to do,” he winked.

Realizing I couldn’t think of anything better to do than watching Axel work on a bike, his muscles taut and strained as he sweated… even now I have to fan myself just thinking about it.

We left the restaurant and I hopped on Axel’s bike. I loved how he kept my helmet with him at all times, like he was always ready for me.

Once we arrived at the shop, I sat in an old metal chair near the back wall of the Ravens Clubhouse shop. A radio sat in the shop's small office, blaring an old AC DC song as two other guys were working on bikes too. The shop was small, but well taken care of. It was obvious this wasn’t just a job for these men. No, this was a passion.

Now, as I sat watching Axel, I could tell I had made the right decision coming here. There was nothing sexier than a man working on a bike.

“Are you hungry?” Axel asked. He was bent over the front of the bike looking down at the engine, or some other part I didn’t know the name of, as he talked to me. His butt, which was nicely in my vision, looked perfect as his form moved around the bike.

“Starving,” I sighed, licking my lips. There were a few things I would like to take a bite out of here.

“She looks thirsty to me,” Axel’s brother, Drake called.

I couldn’t believe he had caught me staring at Axel and was throwing shade my way.

Noticing my stare, Axel looked over at me and laughed as he grabbed a wrench and started twisting parts. A naughty twinkle in his eye told me I was not as sneaky as I thought I had been. He shook his head as he began to talk. “You know; I see you checking me out. What, do you have a thing for bike mechanics?” he asked, slowly sauntering over to me, wiping his hands on a rag he had in his pocket.

Trying to hide my embarrassment, I could feel my cheeks flushing as he moved slowly toward me. He had caught me.

“Just looking,” I teased.

“Sure,” he laughed, as he threw the dirty towel at me.

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